music video: diamond jim greene
Shot and recorded live in a 100-year-old coach house, ideafarm’s music video for Diamond Jim Greene features the artist performing Skip James' classic "Prison Blues" on his prized prewar National steel resonator guitar.
The 5-minute film was recently named an official selection for the 21st annual Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, AL, a prestigious festival that will screen “Prison Blues” as part of its primetime Saturday night music video block. “Prison Blues” premiered at the 8th annual Richmond International Film Festival and also screened at Film Festival of Columbus.
Born and raised on the south side of Chicago, Jim has performed solo or as part of numerous blues bands over the years. He’s opened shows for the legendary Buddy Guy, the late Ike Turner, Otis Clay, the late KoKo Taylor, James Cotton, John Hammond, Duke Robillard, Phil Wiggins, the late John Cephas, Saffire, Sherman Robertson, Joe Louis Walker, Mississippi Heat, Lonnie Brooks, and a host of other renowned performers.
Jim has toured extensively throughout Europe, sharing his particular style of acoustic blues on major festival stages in the U.S. and abroad, including several years at the Chicago Blues Festival, Long Beach Blues Festival and the International Blues Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland.
